Bratislava vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bratislava	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1497	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3483	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$854	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$1426	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$424	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.6	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1662	$1378
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	66	94
😀 Quality of life	82	87
🏙️ Population	479K	4.04M

The cost of living in Bratislava is 32% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 3966th and 4867th ($1497 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Slovakia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Slovakia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Bratislava compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Bratislava ranked 1st best city to live in Slovakia vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 595th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bratislava vs New Taipei

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	Bratislava	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.6	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.22	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$883	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$637	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1522	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1089	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6112	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4219	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.7	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.24	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.58	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.69	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.8	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.7	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$643	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12603	$17207

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Cities near Bratislava

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.3 km or 0.8 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
33 km or 20 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
44 km or 27 mi	Trnava	$1311
55 km or 34 mi	Vienna	$2132
62 km or 38 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
62 km or 38 mi	Modling	$1976
64 km or 40 mi	Gyor	$861
65 km or 40 mi	Sopron	$1052
67 km or 42 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
70 km or 44 mi	Breclav	$1148
72 km or 45 mi	Piestany	$985
74 km or 46 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
75 km or 46 mi	Nitra	$1176
78 km or 49 mi	Hodonin	$1229
81 km or 50 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
87 km or 54 mi	Komarno	$1148
106 km or 66 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
108 km or 67 mi	Szombathely	$823
108 km or 67 mi	Trencin	$1257
111 km or 69 mi	Levice	$946
111 km or 69 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
111 km or 69 mi	Znojmo	$1233
114 km or 71 mi	Tatabanya	$943
115 km or 71 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
123 km or 76 mi	Brno	$1570
128 km or 79 mi	Zlin	$1282
130 km or 81 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
131 km or 81 mi	Veszprem	$973
131 km or 82 mi	Prievidza	$992
143 km or 89 mi	Szekesfehervar	$884
146 km or 91 mi	Povazska Bystrica	$1237
146 km or 91 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
148 km or 92 mi	Prostejov	$1182
148 km or 92 mi	Vsetin	$1155
148 km or 92 mi	Prerov	$1056
149 km or 93 mi	Trebic	$1097
156 km or 97 mi	Vac	$1070
157 km or 98 mi	Zvolen	$1346
157 km or 98 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
159 km or 99 mi	Erd	$936

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589